Gandhinagar: The consignments of ‘Kamalam’ fruit (Dragon fruit) sourced from the farmers of Gujarat and West Bengal have been exported to London and Bahrain for the first time on 3rd August. The commerce ministry of India informed that the consignment of Kamalam dispatched to London was sourced from farmers of Kutch region and exported by APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) registered Packhouse at Bharuch in Gujarat, while the consignment of ‘d...Read More

London: Notorious land mafia, extortionist and accused in 45 cases of crime including murder, Jayesh Patel alias Jaysukh Ranpariya after his arrest in Sutton (South London) on Tuesday by Scotland Yard's Extradition Unit, was produced before Westminster Magistrates’ court in London on Wednesday and remanded in custody in Wandsworth prison until a next hearing of the case later this month on March 24. Ranpariya has refused consent to be extradited to India to face criminal charges. “Jaysukh...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP), Ashish Bhatia has confirmed that Jayesh Patel alias Jaysukh Ranpariya has been detained by Interpol in London. “The Gujarat Police had issued a Red-Corner notice against Ranpariya, and followed up the case with the Interpol and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in New Delhi. We had received his location to be in London, UK, and had sent the input to the Interpol. As per Indian Standard Time (IST), Ranpariya was detained from a l...Read More

Jamnagar: Jayesh Patel alias Jaysukh Ranpariya, Gujarat's most wanted criminal with Interpol red corner notice against him, has been finally nabbed from London through Interpol. Formal announcement on this big success of Gujarat Police might be made by Minister of State for Home, Pradipsinh Jadeja later today. India had asked UK to nab Ranpariya and sent related dossier with details of 42 offenses against him. Diplomatic channels were also activated to ensure success in nabbing this notorious ma...Read More

Japan K Pathak Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting three foreign nations this year. The countries are Bangladesh, Portugal and United Kingdom. This detail was shared by India's foreign secretary Shringla while speaking via video conference at an event of Pune International Centre on Sunday. The Prime Minister will visit Dhaka in Bangladesh on March 26 to attend the 50th anniversary of declaration of independence of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan. He will vi...Read More

New Delhi: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning to express his regret that he will be unable to visit India later this month as planned, said a statement released by British Prime Minister's office, 10 Downing Street. The statement said, 'In light of the national lockdown announcement last night, and the speed at which the new coronavirus variant is spreading, the Prime Minister said that it was important for him to remain in the UK so he can...Read More

Gandhinagar: Four cases of the highly contagious mutant strain of the coronavirus have been detected in Gujarat, State Health Ministry has informed. Those affected by the strain - first found in the United Kingdom - had arrived in Gujarat from UK. Their screening was done at the airport and samples were sent to National Institute of Virology in Pune. All four are kept in Amdavad Municipal Corproration (AMC) run Covid hospital at Sardar Patel institute under strict protocol, as new strain is high...Read More

Gandhinagar: 1,720 persons arrived in Gujarat from European countries including United Kingdom during December 9-23. Out of them 11 were tested positive for Covid19, including four from Ahmedabad, two each from Vadodara, Anand, Bharuch, and one from Valsad. All are under observation, said the state officials on Sunday The samples of these 11 persons have been sent for further investigation to Pune and Gandhinagar to ascertain whether the new strain was present. Results of genome study will be...Read More

Ahmedabad: Four passengers of those who arrived by Vande Bharat flight AI1172 from London to Ahmedabad at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport here, tested COVID19 positive. There were total 275 persons in the flight. Those detected positive have been shifted to AMC run SVP Hospital for treatment. Amid mutant strain, considering the prevailing situation in the UK, Indian govt has decided that all flights originating from the UK to India shall be temporarily suspended till 11:59 pm, 31s...Read More

New Delhi: An agreement has been signed between the University of Edinburgh & Gujarat to open a new biotechnology university in Gujarat in July 2021. According to the statement released by foreign office of United Kingdom (UK) regarding the visit of British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to India, 'the foreign secretary welcomed the signing of a new agreement between the University of Edinburgh and the Indian State of Gujarat to open a new biotechnology university in Gujarat in July 2021. Thi...Read More